Singing America, Song and Chorus Book

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Singing America, Song and Chorus Book: Compiled, Arranged and Edited for the National Recreation Association The old English ballad began with When Arthur first his court began. But the opening lines of this one, sung from Maine to Georgia and as far west a's Nebraska, probably originated about 1800 when colony times began to seem old. It is still -very much alive among people of the folder American families. The arrangement of it given here is essentially that of a very early publication in Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.